Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 14

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 680

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(The McFate Line).

(I) The family of McFate was long seated in Scotland, where, as a mark of distinction, they bore arms : A bull and dagger, indicating courage and persistency. Robert McFate came out of Scotland and settled in Ireland, in the neighborhood of Drumharev, county Donegal. He married Elizabeth Brown. Children : James, John and Joseph. The line herein traced is that of Joseph.

(II) Joseph, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Brown) McFate, married, in Ireland, 1752, Jane Culbertson. In 1796, with his son John and daughters Mary and Isabel, he came to the United States, settling in the state of Dela- ware. He is buried in the city of Wilmington, in that state. Children: I. Samuel, born in Ireland, 1754, came to the United States in 1798, during the Irish rebellion, remained in this country about one year, then returned to Ireland, where he died May, 1842. He mar- ried (first) Mary Dunlap, (second) his cousin, Elizabeth McFate; children by first wife : Jane, Robert, Sarah, Mary and Laticia ; children by second wife: John, Elizabeth, Margaret and Samuel. 2. William, went from Ireland to England, where it is supposed he died, as no tidings ever came from him. 3. Robert, of further mention. 4. John, came to the United States, with his father, in 1796; died unmar-

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ried, May 10, 1842, aged seventy-four years; buried in Franklin cemetery. 5. Mary, came to the United States in 1796; married, in Dela- ware, Robert Dunlap, and removed to South Carolina, where Robert died. She returned north about 1804 and settled in Venango coun- ty, Pennsylvania, where she married (second) Thomas Anderson. They lived six miles north of Oil City. She died January, 1863, aged eighty-three years. Thomas died September 3, 1859, aged seventy-three years. They are buried in the Plumer graveyard. 6. Isabel, came to the United States in 1796; married John McKissick and settled in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where John died. She returned to Venango county, with her bachelor brother, John McFate, about 1804, and settled four miles north of Franklin, where she died September, 1847, aged seventy-six years. She is buried in the old Shenango cemetery, Craw- ford county, Pennsylvania.

(III) Robert (2), second son of Joseph and Jane (Culbertson) McFate, was born in Donegal county, Ireland, in 1765. He came to the United States in 1792, settling in Sher- man's Valley, Cumberland county, Pennsyl- vania, where he married, in 1793, Jane Culbert- son. In 1798 they removed to Greensburg, Westmoreland county, and soon after to Venan- go county, Pennsylvania. For three years he made his home on a farm three miles from Oil City, then removed two miles further north, and settled on a tract of wild land. He cleared a farm from the wilderness, on which he lived until his death, July 28, 1829, aged sixty-four years. The McFates were instrumental in organizing the first church in that neighbor- hood, in 1824. Rev. Daniel McLean was the first pastor and organizer of the congregation, called the Associate or Seceder church, of Cherry Run. Robert McFate was one of the first elders of the congregation and held the office until his death. His son Joseph succeed- ed him. Children : 1. A child, died in infancy. 2. Jane, born in Sherman's Valley, Pennsyl- vania, August 22, 1796; married James Miller ; children : Robert, Margaret, Elizabeth, Jane, Nancy and Mary. 3. Mary, born in Sherman's Valley, February, 1798; married John Neill, an elder of the Cherry Run church; children : Jane, Robert, William, Joseph, Mary Ann and John. 4. Isabel, born in Greensburg, Penn- sylvania, in 1800, died April 28, 1864; married William Lytle and lived in Venango and Craw- ford counties, Pennsylvania ; children : John, 5-W

Jane, Nancy, Mary, Eliza, Isabel, Margaret, William, Robert and Sarah. 5. Joseph, of fur- ther mention. 6. Nancy, born in Venango county, Pennsylvania; married Mark Ward; children : John, Robert, James, Moses, Mark, Joseph, Samuel and Mary Jane. Nancy died January 5, 1859, aged fifty-six years. Her husband died December 22, 1854, aged fifty- six years. They are buried in the Presbyter- ian church graveyard at Cherry Tree, Venango county, Pennsylvania. 7. Samuel, born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, in 1809; mar- ried, in January, 1832, Elizabeth Black; chil- dren : Robert, Elizabeth, Samuel, Jane, Joseph and Mary. Samuel died November 21, 1843, and is buried in the Plumer graveyard. 8. Elizabeth, born December 14, 1814; married her cousin, Samuel McFate, August 15, 1844; she died September 19, 1884, "a Christian of the most beautiful type"; her husband died September 22, 1870; children : Jane, Samuel, Robert, John. 9. Robert, born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, February, 1816; mar- ried Laticia McFate, February 15, 1859, and lived near Plumer, Pennsylvania, until 1867; he then removed to Crawford county, purchas- ing a farm near Cochranton; both were mem- bers of the United Presbyterian Church. 10. A child, died in infancy.

(IV) Joseph (2), eldest son and fifth child of Robert (2) and Jane (Culbertson) McFate, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- vania, February 9, 1802, died February 15, 1879. He lived, for thirty-two years after his marriage, on part of the old farm of his father, in Venango county; he then sold out, and, in 1865, removed to Cochranton, Crawford coun- ty, Pennsylvania, where he lived the remainder of his life. He married, January 10, 1832, Margaret McKnight, born in Ireland, August, 1806, died in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1884, daughter of David and Mary (Williams) McKnight. David McKnight was born in Ireland, 1771. He married, in his na- tive land, Mary Williams, born 1776. After the birth of six children they came to the United States, in 1811, bringing four children and leaving two with their grandfather, Daniel Williams. They landed in Philadelphia, later going to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and, in 1812, settling in Crawford county, north of Sugar Lake. Then, in a few years, he removed near the lake and cleared a farm, where they lived the remainder of their days. In 1822 the two children left in Ireland, Mar-

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garet and Mary Ann, joined their parents in Pennsylvania. David McKnight died August, 1835, aged sixty-four years. His wife Mary died October, 1851, aged seventy-five years. Children : Andrew, Jane, Thomas, Daniel, Mary Ann, Margaret, married Joseph McFate. Chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. McFate: 1. Mary Jane, born October 16, 1832, died April 7, 1834. 2. Robert W., of further mention. 3. Daniel, born January 11, 1836; settled, in 1867, in Crawford county, on a farm two miles north of Cochranton. He married, March 9, 1865, Margaret McFate; children: Francis Joseph and Lizzie Bell, others dying in infancy. 4. John G., born in Venango county, Pennsyl- vania, December 16, 1837; married, February 14, 1866, Elizabeth Burchfield; settled first in Cleveland, Ohio, later at Greenville, Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Children : William P., Howard C., Percy E., Cornell R., LeGrand, La Pierre, Mary E., John K. Derwood. 5. . Sarah Jane, born October 4, 1839, died Octo- ber 2, 1864; married, October 27, 1863,

-; child, Sadie. 6. Daniel H., born Au- gust 24, 1841 ; was postmaster at Cochranton, Pennsylvania, and a member of the United Presbyterian Church; married, December 2, 1869, Maria Louisa Stainbrook; children : Arthur C., Dora Vienna and Gaylord L. 7. Eliza Jane, born February 23, 1844, died Janu- ary 19, 1862. 8. Joseph S., born October 16, 1848; settled in Cochranton; member of the United Presbyterian Church; married; March, 1871, Nancy J. Green ; children : Sadie M. and Lizzie L. 9. Thomas A., died September 17, 1851, aged five years. 10. William A., born April 29, 1851 ; settled on the old McFate homestead, at Cochranton ; married, Septem- ber, 1875, Matilda Coley.

(V) Robert W., eldest son and second child of Joseph (2) and Margaret (McKnight) Mc- Fate, was born in Venango county, Pennsyl- vania, April 25, 1834. After marriage he re . moved to Plumer, Pennsylvania, removing, in September, 1866, to Cochranton, Pennsylvania. He married. April 12, 1865, Huldah Jane, daughter of James and Jane (McCalmont) Ricketts, maternal granddaughter of John Mc- Calmont, born in Ireland, January 11, 1750. Children of Robert W. and Huldah Jane Mc- Fate : Joseph Vernon, born December 26, 1866; Margaret Evelyn, May 8, 1869, married John H. Prather ; James Lee, May 30, 1871, married Esther Naylor Ray ; John Clare, November 30, 1873, married Ruby Thomas.

(The Fuller Line).

(I) Martha (Fuller) Prather descends from John Fuller, one of the first settlers of Cam- bridge village, Massachusetts. He was born in 1611, settled in Cambridge in 1644. In .De- cember, 1658, he purchased seven hundred and fifty acres of land, which by subsequent pur- chase he increased to one thousand acres. This tract was long known as the "Fuller Farm." He divided it among his five sons by his will dated 1696, one son, Isaac, having died before him. He married Elizabeth Chil- dren : John, born 1645, died aged seventy-five years ; Jonathan, 1648, died aged seventy-four years; Elizabeth, married Job Hyde; Joseph. born February 10, 1652, died at the age of eighty-eight years ; Joshua, April 2, 1654, died aged ninety-eight years; Jeremiah, February 4, 1658, died at the age of eighty-three years; Bethia, November 23, 1661, married Lieutenant Nathaniel Bond; Isaac, died unmarried. The longevity of these five sons was remarkable.

(II) John (2), eldest son of John (1) and Elizabeth Fuller, married (first) Abigail Bal- ston, 1682; married (second), October 14. 1714. Margaret Hicks. His will, proved 1720, mentions wife Margaret, four sons and three daughters. His four brothers were made ex- ecutors of his will. Children: Sarah, born October 5. 1683; John (3), married Sarah Chinery ; Abigail, born March 8, 1688; James, February 4. 1690; Hannah, August 31, 1693: Isaac, November 22, 1695, married Abigail -: Jonathan, died young ; Jonathan, born March 28. 1700, married Elizabeth Woodward ; Caleb, of further mention.

(III) Caleb, youngest child of John (2) and Margaret ( Hicks) Fuller, was born February 24, 1702, died 1770. He married (first) Tem- perance Hyde, died August 25, 1749. He married (second). December 27, 1750, Mary Hovey. Children: Ephraim, born December 3, 1725, married Esther Warren; Nehemiah, September 16, 1727; William, of further men- tion ; Bethia, November 13. 1734, married John Murdock : Ann, March 31. 1739.

(IV) William, son of Caleb and Temper- ance (Hyde) Fuller, was born June 2, 1732. died 1802. He married (first) Elizabeth -- , who bore him Caty and Nathaniel. He mar- ried (second) Persis Paine, a descendant of Thomas Paine, the immigrant, and a relative of Robert Treat Paine. Children : William. Per- sis, Witt. and a daughter.

(V) Witt, son of William and Persis ( Paine)

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Fuller, was born near Boston, Massachusetts, about 1760; settled in Vermont, where he died about 1810. Married Deborah Garfield. Chil- dren: Persis, Betsey, Lucy, Laura, Walden, Nathan, Arad and Amos.

(VI) Amos, son of Witt and Deborah (Gar- field) Fuller, was born in Vermont, in 1798, died in Chautauqua county, New York, Sep- tember 27, 1879. After his marriage he came, in 1833, with his wife and young children, from Norwich, Windsor county, Vermont, to Buf- falo, by way of the Erie canal, but later, in the same year, removed to Chautauqua county, where he engaged in lumbering in the town of Poland. For several years he was justice of the peace and later assessor of the town. He also engaged in farming. He was a Whig in politics, later a Republican. He was a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years, but late in life became a Uni- versalist. He was a man of great strength and very large. He married Charity Roberts, in Vermont. Children : Arad, of further mention : Lucy A., Clarissa M., Danford D., Mary W. and Laura A. None of the daughters reached womanhood. Danford D. removed to Iowa, later to Dakota, where he died in 1885.

(VII) Arad, eldest child of Amos and Char- ity (Roberts) Fuller, was born in Windsor county, Vermont, November 13, 1822, died April 11, 1887. He was educated in the dis- trict school and helped his father in his lum- bering operations until 1844, when he pur- chased fifty acres of partly improved land, in the northwestern part of Poland, and, in 1846, added one hundred acres to the original farm. On March 4. 1844, he married, and at once took his bride to his farm, which was ever afterward their home. He prospered in busi- ness, and, year after year, improvements were made and additional acres purchased, until the farm comprised six hundred acres of well- cultivated, fertile fields. From 1855 to 1870 he made dairying a specialty, later giving espe- cial attention to the breeding and raising of thoroughbred short-horn stock. For many years he was a member of the American Short Horn Breeders Association, and, by his ex- ample and precept, interested his neighbors in improving their own herds. He was broad and liberal minded, very generous and sym- pathetic, and deeply interested in the course of education. He helped young men along in the world. while his wife was equally kind hearted

and generous. He was a Republican in politics. He believed in the enfranchisement of women and aided the cause of woman's suffrage all he could.

He married Melvina A., second daughter of Norton B. and Samantha ( Ransom) Bill. She was born in Perry, Genesee (now Wyoming) county, New York, May 22, 1824, died June 28, 1894. She retained the management of the farm one year after her husband's death, assisted by her daughter Martha, then removed to Jamestown. She was a most capable woman and greatly beloved. Children: I. Sophia C., married, April 25, 1872, J. H. Ely, and resides at Kennedy, New York. 2. Martha, married Abraham S. Prather, and resided, for several years, at "Fuller's Farms," the home of her childhood and middle age ; she is now a resident of Jamestown (see Prather V). 3. Frank, mar- ried, March 29, 1876, Elizabeth Phillips, and resides at Lillydale, New York.

BENHAM John Benham and his sons, John and Joseph, came from Plymouth, England, in the ship "Mary and John," and landed at Nantasket, near Boston, Massachusetts, May 30, 1630. They settled at Dorchester (now South Bos- ton), and were allotted land among the original proprietors. John, senior, was a brickmaker and the "town crier," and belonged to the Old South Church, of Boston. In 1638 they joined Eaton and Davenport's colony, and were num- bered among the seventy original families who colonized New Haven, Connecticut. A four- acre house lot and sixteen-acre out lot were assigned them. In 1670 Joseph Benham, the younger son, went to Wallingford, a few miles north of New Haven, and became an original proprietor of that town. When John Benham or his sons were born in England is unknown, or who was his English wife is uncertain. He married (second), November 16, 1659, at Bos- ton, Margery, widow of Thomas Allcock, of Dedham, Massachusetts, who died, within a few weeks, after reaching her husband's home. in New Haven. John Benham died in 1661. From Connecticut the Benhams scattered in every direction. At least thirty of them were in the revolutionary war, others in the war of 1812, and a hundred, at least, in the civil war. Henry Washington Benham graduated from West Point, at the head of his class of fifty, on July 1. 1837. He was a successful general in

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the civil war, and a noted military engineer, at Boston, after the war. His cousin, Andrew K. Benham, was rear-admiral in the civil war, took General Grant around the world, com- manded on our naval difficulty with Brazil, and brought that government to time, and re- tired in 1894. He was appointed on a com- mission, with Admiral Dewey, to investigate the Sampson-Schley imbroglio. His father, Timothy Green Benham, was a commodore in the navy. Henry H. Benham, son of the gen- eral, is now a captain in the regular army, at Manilla. Daniel Benham, of Cleveland, Ohio, is colonel of the Seventh United States In- fantry. Major Robert Benham figured, with Daniel Boone, in the pioneer Indian wars of Kentucky and Ohio.

The Benhams have not only been prominent in the army and navy, but have graced the pulpit, the professions, and literary circles. Joseph Benham, of Kentucky, and later of Cincinnati, was a noted lawyer and orator, and welcomed General Lafayette, in an eloquent address, at Cincinnati, in 1832. His daughter, Henrietta Benham, married George D. Pren- tice, the founder of the Louisville Courier- Journal, and contributed no little to its merits. Opie Read, the novelist, now of Chicago, mar- ried the sister of Philo D. Benham, the man- ager of the American Illustrated Methodist Magazine, of St. Louis, Missouri. Scores of ministers of the gospel bear the name of Ben- ham. Rev. William Benham, the noted rector of the church of St. Edmunds the King, Lombard street, London, is a canon in the Church of England, and author of the "Dic- tionary of Religion" and other works. David Benham was a bishop, in England, as early as . A. D. 1246. The Benhams are enrolled in the British navy, and figure in civil life in London and surrounding counties.

(II) Joseph, son of John Benham, the immi- grant, settled in New Haven with his father, but, in 1670, removed to Wallingford, Connec- ticut, with the first settlers of that town. He died in 1702. He married Winifred King ; chil- dren : Mary, Joseph, Sarah, Johannah, Eliza- beth, John, John, Mary, Samuel, Sarah, James and Winifred.

(III) John (2), son of Joseph Benham, was born November 3, 1671, in Wallingford, Con- necticut. He married, and among his children was a son Nathan.

(IV) Nathan, born about 1700, in Walling- ford, Connecticut, son of John Benham, mar-

ried Mary Among his children was a son Ebenezer.

(V) Ebenezer, son of Nathan Benham, was born October 31, 1726; was a resident of Wall- ingford, Connecticut. He married, November 23, 1750, Elizabeth Hotchkiss. Among his children was a son Isaac.

(VI) Isaac, son of Ebenezer Benham, was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, October 21, 1760. He settled in New York state, after a short residence in Vermont, locating in Ontario county, then little more than a wilderness. He cleared a farm and was one of the well-to-do men of his neighborhood. He married a wife of Scotch descent, and had children : Isaac and Joseph, who died in Michigan; Betsey, died in Michigan ; Phoebe Ann, died in New York state, and Alvin.

(VII) Alvin, son of Isaac Benham, was born in Massachusetts, in 1808; died in Naples, Ontario county, New York, March, 1850. He was a man of education, and, early in life, was a school teacher. Later he was a bookkeeper for a large firm, in Naples. He was a man of integrity and highly regarded in his town. He married, in 1823, Martha Kinney, born in Naples, March 10, 1806, died at Mendon, Michigan, in June, 1870, daughter of Peabody and Priscilla Kinney. Her father was a farmer, and one of the pioneer settlers of Ontario county, coming there from Massachusetts, his native state. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, yet met his death by a runaway team. Mrs. Benham survived her husband, and brave- ly met the burdens laid upon her, bringing up her young family, and later seeing them settled in life. Children: I. Ozias F., died in 1889, leaving five sons. 2. Cordelia, born April 1, 1828, died in Michigan, in 1853; married Silas Rogers. 3. Sarah J., born June 29, 1830; mar- ried S. S. Avery, whom she survives, a resi- dent of Mendon, Michigan; now past eighty years of age, she is active and cheerful, and as "Aunt Sarah" is known and beloved by the entire village. 4. Theodore I., born June 10, 1832, died 1897; three children. 5. Morris P., born May 3, 1834, died at Devil's Lake, North Dakota, in 1887, leaving a widow and three sons; he served three years in the civil war, in Company C, Seventeenth Regiment, Michi- gan Infantry, and was honorably discharged, with a good record. 6. Charles H., born May, 1839; served four years in the civil war, Com- pany B, Fiftieth Regiment, New York Engi- neering Corps, and was honorably discharged,

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1861. 10. Colonel George H., a lawyer of Meadville, Pennsylvania.

(IV) Dr. William Prendergast Bemus, sev- enth child of Charles and Relepha (Boyd) Bemus, was born at Bemus Point, Chau- tauqua county, New York, October 4, 1827, died at Buffalo, September 19, 1890, where he practiced his profession for thirty-eight years, without interruption. He was edu- cated in the Ellery public schools, Fredonia high school, and under private tutors. He studied medicine with Dr. Shanahan, of War- ren. Pennsylvania, attended lectures at Ober- lin College, and was graduated, M. D., from the Berkshire Medical Institute, of Spring- field, Massachusetts. He began the practice of his profession at Ashville, New York, four years later removing to Jamestown, continuing there in practice until his death. He was a skillful physician and held a commanding posi- tion among the practitioners of Chautauqua county. He was ever ready to respond to any appeal for medical assistance, and the amount of his free practice was immense. It is known of him that he never went to law to collect a bill for professional service. He was gentle and sympathetic in the sick room, and so con- stantly mindful of the comfort of his patients that they came to regard him with sincere and deep affection. He died deeply regretted and the exceptionally large number of persons that attended his funeral demonstrated the respect and love in which Dr. Bemus was held by his community. He was a member of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church, of Jamestown, and an ardent Democrat in politics. He was presi- dent of the Cleveland Democratic Club, and, though active in the Democratic party, never aspired to or held any political office. He was secretary of the board of pensions at James- town, a non-political office. He was a mem- ber of the Chautauqua County Medical Soci- ety, the members of which attended the funeral in a body.

He married (first), in 1855, Helen O. Nor- ton, who died March 7, 1874, daughter of Squire Morris Norton, of Ashville, New York. He married (second), June 3, 1875, Sarah Elizabeth Prather, born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1838, daughter of Abraham C. and Sarah ( McCalmont) Prather (see Prather IV). She survives her husband and resides in Jamestown, in which city she has made her residence since October 11, 1873. Early in life she became a member of the

United Presbyterian Church, but, after her marriage to Dr. Bemus, became a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, of Jamestown. Children of first marriage : Helen L., married Fred E. Hatch, of Jamestown (see Hatch V) : Dr. Morris N. Bemus, of Jamestown. Child of second marriage: A daughter who died in infancy.

PRATHER

The Prather family of James- town, New York, descend from English and Scotch ancestors.

who settled in America at an early date, prob- ably in Maryland, where it is known there were three brothers bearing that name, one of whom was the father of Henry Prather, of the second generation.

(II) Henry Prather was born in Maryland. September 14, 1732 (o. s.), died August 29. 1775. He lived on the Prather homestead farm. which was an original grant from King George, of England. He married. May 9. 1754, Elizabeth Hicks, born February 11, 1736 (o. s.), of Danish parentage. Children : Thomas Hicks, born April 2, 1755; Henry, died in in- fancy ; John, born January 16, 1759; Mary. October 31, 1760; Abraham, October 16, 1762 ; Henry, October 3, 1764; Bazil, April 4, 1770 : Eleanor, February 6, 1772.

(III) Thomas Hicks, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Hicks) Prather, was born in the state of Maryland, April 2, 1755. Later he removed to the state of Pennsylvania, where he died February 15, 1818. He was a soldier of the revolution. He married Elizabeth Crun- kleton, January 25, 1776. She was born Feb- ruary 22, 1758, died June 20, 1831. Children : Polly, born November 7, 1776; Henry, August 5, 1778; Sarah, October 25, 1780; Ruhany, De- cember 16, 1784; Abraham C., see forward ; Rebecca, November 18, 1789; Thomas H., May 7. 1794.

(IV) Abraham Crunkleton, son of Thomas Hicks and Elizabeth (Crunkleton) Prather, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. September 19, 1786, died July 7, 1850. About the year 1798 his father took up a tract of land in Venango county, Pennsylvania, and, with his two sons, Abraham and Robert, rode from Maryland to Venango county on horseback. bringing with them the necessaries of life and some of the comforts prepared by the mother. The father remained with the boys for awhile, saw them comfortably settled in a log cabin. then left them and returned to Maryland. Dur-

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ing this early period the boys were often mo- lested by a band of roving Indians, which occa- sionally ransacked their cabin and destroyed their crops. This fact, together with the dis- pute between their father and the Holland Land Company concerning the land they occu- pied for several years, caused them to return to Maryland. Abraham C. finally returned, purchased the tract, built a log cabin and ever afterward made it his home. He cleared the tract of timber, converting it finally into a well- tilled farm of two hundred and fifty acres, situated in Cornplanter township, Venango county, Pennsylvania, the nearest postoffice being at the village of Plumer. He prospered in his affairs, and, from time to time, pur- chased additional lands, on some of which was a large amount of valuable pine timber. He operated a tannery, a business which he had learned from his father. It is said that the old vats can yet be seen. During the war of 1812 he shouldered his musket, and, with his brother- in-law, James Ricketts, walked from Venango county ( a distance of about sixty miles) to Erie, Pennsylvania, where he enlisted and served during the war, as shown by the records at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Prather was one of the most highly-respected men of his county, very energetic and capable in busi- ness, kind and jovial in disposition.

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Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 14

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 680

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 680